| Summary of Contents: | This volume covers the period from 10 Aug to 9 Oct 1813.
Major Events - 10 Aug: naval skirmish off Niagara - 2 US ships captured; British continue to contain US troops at Fort George; 25 Aug: 1500 New York militia under McClure to assemble for duty at Fort George - US planning to withdraw regulars for attack on either Kingston or Montreal; 10 Sep: Battle of Lake Erie - US victory means Harrison's US army set to invade and Procter's British army preparing to retreat up the Thames; 4 Oct: US Secretary of War (Armstrong) authorizes the destruction of Newark as necessary for defense of Fort George but does not authorize destruction of Fort George; 5 Oct: British under Procter defeated at Moraviantown - Tecumseh killed; US move 3000 troops from Fort George to Sackett's Harbor - British begin to pull troops from Niagara to Kingston to counter US at Sackett's Harbor.
Local Events - 17 Sep: P. Porter leads volunteer force across Niagara River to Fort Erie area - take 4 prisoners and return to Black Rock; 21 Sep: US force under Chapin goes to Sugar Loaf to try and capture British detachment there - British withdraw first, so Chapin raids stores, then leaves.
People
British: Askin, C; Askin, J; Barclay; Battersby; Chambers; Darrach; De Rottenburg; Drummond, G; Fitzgerald; Freer; Glasgow; Glegg; Hall; Hamilton; Harvey; Holcroft; Livingston; MacEwen; McCrae; McNabb, A; Moodie; Murray; Norton; Ogilvie; O'Neill; Prevost; Procter; Riall; Ridout; Ritter; Scott; Stewart; Talbot; Vincent; Yeo; Young.
US: Armstrong; Boyd; Brown; Chapin; Chauncey; Cummings; Deacon; Elliott; Forsyth; Hampton; Harrison; Lewis; McClure; McDonogh; Perry; Porter, M; Porter, P; Scott; Swartout; Wilcox; Wilkinson.
Places
British: Amherstburg; Ball's farm; Black Swamp; Burlington Heights; Chateauguay; Cross Roads; Fort Erie; Kingston; Long Point; McFarland's farm; Newark; Queenston; St Davids; Sugar Loaf; Turkey Point.
US: Burlington; Erie; Fort George; Fort Niagara; Lake Champlain; Put-in-Bay; Sackett's Harbor; Sandusky.
Units
British: 1st, 8th, 41st, 49th, 89th, 100th, 103rd, 104th Foot; Royal Artillery; 19th Dragoons; Glengarry Light Infantry; Canadian Voltigeurs; Color Corps.
US: 2nd Artillery; 5th, 6th, 9th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 214st, 22nd, 25th Infantry; Canadian Volunteers.
Naval Lake Ontario
British: Wolfe; Royal George; Moira; Beresford; Confiance; Melville; Sir Sidney Smith,
US: Growler; Fair American; Julia; Asp; Pike; Sylph; Madison; Conquest; Oneida; Hamilton; Scourge; Tompkins; Ontario; Pert; Lady of the Lake.
Naval Lake Erie
British: Detroit; Queen Charlotte; Lady Prevost; Hunter; Erie; Chippewa; Mary.
US: Lawrence; Niagara; Caledonia; Ariel; Trippe; Tigress; Somers; Scorpion; Ohio; Porcupine.
This volume covers the period 10 Oct to 15 Dec 1813
Major Events: US troops at Fort George, now mostly NY militia with a small force of regulars under Scott - British have retreated to Burlington heights when defeat at Moraviantown becomes known; US advance on Burlington Heights cancelled when McClure learns Scott and the regulars leaving Fort George to join Wilkinson at Sackett's Harbor; 24 Oct US General Harrison arrives at Buffalo; 27 Oct US (Hampton) stopped at Battle of Chateauguay and retires back into NY; 30 Oct US (Wilkinson) abandons attack on Kingston in favour of attack on Montreal; Harrison at Fort George with 1100 regulars plus McClure's militia - intends to attack British at Burlington Heights; 3 Nov Harrison ordered to Sackett's Harbor with his troops to provide defense of the port for the winter; 8 Nov Hampton refuses to bring his division to the St. Lawrence to cooperate with Wilkinson in attack on Montreal; 11 Nov Battle of Crysler's Farm - British victory; 13 Nov Wilkinson's army goes to French Mills for winter quarters; 23 Nov small US marauder force repulsed by Bostwick near Dover; 9 Dec NY militia at Fort George term of enrollment ends and most leave for home; 10 Dec McClure burns Newark and Fort George before leaving Upper Canada; 10/11 Dec British begin to reoccupy Niagara; McClure orders hot shot be fired at village of Queenston in hopes of burning the village to deny British winter quarters.
Local Events: 12 Dec US supporters in Fort Erie area evacuating UC at the ferry crossing are surprised by British troops - some prisoners taken.
People
British: Alexander; Barclay; Barnes; Bostwick; Bullock; Clifford; Clark; Cockburn; De Rottenburg; De Salaberry; De Watteville; Darroch; DeHaren; Dennis; Dobbs; Drummond; Freer; Gilkinson; Glegg; Hamilton; Harvey; Heriot; Holcroft; Jackson; McCrae; Macdonell; Morrison; Mulcaster; Murray; Pearson; Plenderleath; Powell; Prevost; Pring; Procter; Reiffenstein; Riall; Ridout; Scott; Sherwood; Spillbury; Stewart; Van Horne; Vincent; Warren; Yeo; Yound.
US: Armstrong; Boyd; Brown; Chapin; Chauncy; Clarke; Covington; Elliot; Hampton; Harrison; Izard; Lewis; McArthur; McCarty; McClure; Mallory; Merrils; Ontine; Perry; Porter, P; Purdy; Scott; Southerland; Swartout; Willcocks (Wilcox); Wilkinson.
Places
British: Burlington Heights; Chateauguay; Crysler's Farm; Coteau du Lac; Gananoque; Kingston; Montreal; Prescott; York.
US: Amherstburg; Chateauguay; Erie; Fort George; Four Corners; French Creek; Genesee; Grenadier island; Malden; Newark; Oswego; Queenston; Sackett's Harbor.
Units:
British: Royal Artillery; 1st, 8th, 41st, 49th, 89th, 100th, 104th Foot; Royal Marines; 19th Dragoons; De Watteville's; De Meuron's; Canadian Fencibles; Canadian Voltigeurs; Glengarry Light Infantry; Provincial Dragoons; 1st Norfolk Militia.
US: 2nd, 3rd Artillery; 5th, 6th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 25th Infantry; 1st Dragoons; New York Militia; Canadian Volunteers.
Naval
British: Beresford; Melville; Moira; Royal George; Sir Sidney Smith; Wolfe
US: Chippewa; Fair American; Governor Tompkins; Julia; Lady of the Lake; Madison; Ohio; Oneida; Ontario; Pert; Pike; Sylph. |